Day: February 3, 2014

Richmond Training: EndNote X7 Advanced Hands-On Class

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Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 10am-11:30am
Computer Training Room, P-1246
850 Marina Bay Parkway, Building P, Richmond, CA

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RSVP by Tuesday, February 11th to msholinb@library.berkeley.edu
or (510) 642-2510.

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PLEASE NOTE: The session is limited to 16 participants. A waiting list will
be created, if necessary, for an additional class.

NON-BUILDING P OCCUPANTS: Please make sure to register so your name
will be on the class participant list given to the Building P Security
Desk for entry into Building P.

* Do you know how to use smart groups to automatically group references together?

* Do you want to learn how to create or modify existing output styles?

* Did you know you can annotate PDF files in your library?

* Are you already using EndNote and have some burning questions?

If you’ve answered “Yes” to any of these questions, then please come to the Sheldon Margen Public Health Library’s EndNote X7 Advanced Hands-On class!

Topics covered will include:
1. Creating Smart Groups
2. Creating/Modifying Output Styles
3. Annotating PDF files In EndNote
4. Other Advanced Features
5. Using EndNote Online
6. How to get help

This class is intended for CDPH staff who are already using the EndNote software program, and who wish to learn more advanced features (see class description above). Users of any version of EndNote are welcome to attend. The EndNote X7 software will not be distributed at this class; in order for you to use this software for your work, you or your CDPH unit must purchase or already own it.

Prerequisite:
It is recommended that you have already attended the EndNote X7 Basics Hands-On class, or are familiar with the basics of using EndNote. Basic EndNote material will not be covered in this session.

Class Objective:
Learn how to save time and work more efficiently by:
– Creating smart groups in your library.
– Modifying output styles to fulfill your needs.
– Annotating PDF files in your EndNote library.

A certificate of completion will be available at the end of class for participants.

Supervisors: Please encourage your staff to attend if appropriate.

These training sessions are free to CDPH employees. Please obtain your supervisor’s approval to attend.

A schedule of other upcoming training sessions is available online.

Sacramento training: Health Promotion and Health Education Resources class

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Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 1:30 – 2:30pm
Room 72.170 (Video Room)
1500 Capitol Ave, Sacrament
(Turn left as you enter the building and
proceed through the double doors past the
Enterprise Training Room)

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RSVP by Monday, February 24th to Michael Sholinbeck at msholinb@library.berkeley.edu or (510) 642-2510.

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* Does your work at CDPH involve health promotion, health communication, or health education?

* Are you interested in learning about toolkits and other resources that will help you develop a health intervention?

* Know you need some resources to help you get started with evaluating a project with which you are involved?

* Interested in how to find literature on health education/promotion?

* Do you need to develop consumer health handouts?

* Want to know about quality sources for consumer health information, including non-English language handouts and materials?

If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then please come to the Sheldon Margen Public Health Library’s Health Promotion and Health Education Resources class!

Topics covered will include:
1. Resource Toolkits for Developing Programs
2. “Best Practices” in Health Education/Promotion
3. Evaluation Resources
4. Finding Health Education Literature
5. Patient/Consumer Health Education Materials

Class Objective:
To introduce CDPH staff to quality health promotion and health education tools and resources those are freely available online. Use of these resources will assist with efficiently developing effective, evidence-based health promotion programs.

A certificate of completion will be given to those who pre-register and attend the class.

Supervisors: Please encourage your staff to attend if appropriate.

These training sessions are free to CDPH staff. Please obtain your supervisor’s approval to attend.

If you are interested in other training classes we offer please go to the
library training page for more information.

Professional Development: Ethics for Public Health Practice

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The Southwest Regional Public Health Training Center is offering a new free online training that covers ethics for public health practitioners. Ethics for
Public Health Practice is based in part on the Associated Schools of Public Health’s Introduction to Ethics Modules. This training defines the dimensions of public health ethics, focuses on Applied Public Health Ethics, and explores frameworks for public health ethics that can help public health professionals make difficult decisions in their work. This training also examines the difference between research and public health practice.

The approximately one hour workshop is presented by Dr. Shira Shafir, assistant professor, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research Ethics, Department of Epidemiology, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. Dr. Shafir is the assistant director of the Center for Global and Immigrant Health and collaborates with the UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters.

This workshop is intended for those in the public health field, including those working with health departments, community organizations, health care institutions, health services programs, emergency medical services, law enforcement, humanitarian and other non-profit organizations, and other similar organizations. Upon finishing this course, a certificate of completion
can be downloaded.

The Southwest Regional Public Health Training Center offers other online trainings and webcasts mainly related to emergency preparedness that might be of interest to you as well.

Looking for graphical ways to show HIV/AIDS, TB, or STD data?

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The CDC NCHHSTP ATLAS provides an interactive way to access maps and data on HIV, AIDS, viral hepatitis, tuberculosis, chlamydia, gonorrhea, and primary and secondary syphilis. The data available here has been collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention?s (CDC?s) National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP).

The NCHHSTP has created some pre-made presentations that can be used as is. These are nice examples of the analyses that can be performed with the Atlas. The site also provides state profiles for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB that include statistics and descriptions of prevention and control programs supported by CDC and state public health officials.

The NCHHSTP has also created a YouTube tutorial to assist users.

System notes: The Atlas requires Adobe’s Flash Player 10.0 or later to be installed. The Atlas works best on a Windows platform with Internet Explorer 6.0 (or later), JavaScript enabled, screen resolutions of 1024 X 768 pixels (or greater) and 256 colors (or better). Pop-up blockers should be turned off for this site to function properly.

BMJ video abstracts on YouTube

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Ever wanted to hear the researchers whose papers you read speak in person on their findings? The British Medical Journal (BMJ) has been inviting the authors of accepted research articles to submit video abstracts of their research to be published alongside their papers. These video abstracts give the authors a vehicle to explain their findings in person.

Find out what Wagner’s compulsive plague! pain without end! was. Watch as scientists discuss it. Or observe researchers as they talk about lifestyle factors linked to a healthy pregnancy. Each video abstract includes a link to the BMJ abstract or article.

Can’t see the full text of the article online? If the full text is not available for free online, remember that you can always request it from us here at the Public Health Library.

New Books!

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The Public Health Library has the following new books available in print:

1. North American plan for animal and pandemic influenza. Washington, D.C.: North America Leaders Summit: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, 2012.
Call number: RA644.I6 N67 2012.
You can see a summary online or read the entire publication online if desired. Or request a print copy from us–see how below.

2. Essentials of utilization-focused evaluation. By Michael Quinn Patton. Los Angeles, Calif.: SAGE, 2012.
Call number: H62.5.U5 P3688 2012.
Table of contents available online.

3. Gender-based violence and public health: international perspectives on budgets and policies. By Keerty Nakray. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2013.
Call number: RA418 .G46 2013.
See more about this book at the publisher’s website.

and here are some new titles available online from the National Academies Press:

4. Health Impact Assessment of Shale Gas Extraction: Workshop Summary. By Christine Coussens and Rose Marie Martinez, Rapporteurs; Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine; Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice (BPH); Institute of Medicine (IOM), 2013.
Available online with free registration.

5. Research Progress on Environmental, Health, and Safety Aspects of Engineered Nanomaterials. By Committee to Develop a Research Strategy for Environmental Studies and Toxicology; Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology (BCST); National Materials and Manufacturing Board (NMMB); Division on Earth and Life Studies (DELS); Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences (DEPS); National Research Council, 2013.
Available online with free registration.

6. Research Opportunities Concerning the Causes and Consequences of Child Food Insecurity and Hunger: A Workshop Summary. By Nancy Kirkendall, Carol House, and Connie Citro, Rapporteurs; Committee on National Statistics; Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (DBASSE); Food and Nutrition Board (FNB); National Research Council; Institute of Medicine (IOM), 2013.
Available online with free registration.

Please note that these books are only a small selection of what is newly available. If you are interested in checking out any of our print book(s), submit a request using our online form and we will mail the book(s) to you.

You may also log into your web portal account to request book(s).

If you do not currently possess a UC Berkeley library card, you will need to apply for one before we can check out a book to you.

Saturday hours at Doe return

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Beginning Feb. 1, Doe Library will be open from 9 to 5 pm on Saturdays.

In tandem with the Library providing a temporary home for the Berkeley Institute of Data Services (BIDS) in 190 Doe, the Vice Chancellor for Research has committed the funding to extend Doe Library hours. This funding covers the costs associated with opening on Saturdays, one of BIDS’ faculty priorities as well as one of the recommendations from the Library Commission’s report.
On Saturdays library visitors can enter through Doe North, Doe South, and Gardner Stacks as well as have access to Doe Circulation, Graduate Services, and Art History/Classics Library.  This is terrific news for everyone who likes to study, browse and research in Doe Library, with several hundred more seats available on weekends, and enhanced research computing stations soon to be added to Floor 2.  It is particularly meaningful for humanities graduate students and faculty with extended hours access to core texts and research/writing spaces associated with Graduate Services and Art History/Classics Library.

In tandem with the Library providing a temporary home for the Berkeley Institute of Data Services (BIDS) in 190 Doe, the Vice Chancellor for Research has committed the funding to extend Doe Library hours. This funding covers the costs associated with opening on Saturdays, one of BIDS’ faculty priorities as well as one of the recommendations from the Library Commission’s report.

On Saturdays library visitors can enter through Doe North, Doe South, and Gardner Stacks as well as access Doe Circulation, Graduate Services, and Art History/Classics Library. This is terrific news for everyone who likes to study, browse and research in Doe Library, with several hundred more seats available on weekends, and enhanced research computing stations soon to be added to Floor 2. It is particularly meaningful for humanities graduate students and faculty, with extended hours access to core texts and research/writing spaces associated with Graduate Services and Art History/Classics Library.